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title: "Blanket Bog Monitoring - Lake Vyrnwy"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-116638"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "RSPB"
published: "2022-02-09"
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# Blanket Bog Monitoring - Lake Vyrnwy

Buyer: RSPB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-116638

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## Summary

The procurement process titled "Blanket Bog Monitoring - Lake Vyrnwy" is being conducted by the RSPB, a notable environmental organisation based in Cardiff. This tender falls under the services industry category and aims to address ecological restoration efforts across 10,000 hectares of upland. The procurement stage currently is in the Award phase, with the contract having been signed on 23 December 2021. This project involves significant ecological interventions to restore blanket bog conditions, and the original tender period concluded on 21 December 2021, prior to the award decision.

This tender presents excellent opportunities for businesses specialising in environmental consultancy and services, particularly those with expertise in peatland restoration, ecological surveys, and habitat management. Firms capable of conducting baseline surveys of habitat condition and understanding vegetation dynamics would be particularly well-suited to compete. As the project is already active, suppliers should look to leverage their experience in similar ecological restoration projects to contribute effectively to the ongoing efforts at Lake Vyrnwy.

## Notice

RSPB Cymru manages 10,000 hectares of upland in the Lake Vyrnwy catchment, making up a quarter of the Berwyn SAC, SPA, SSSI, NNR. The reserve is internationally important for its features of dry heath and blanket bog.Blanket bog at Lake Vyrnwy has been degraded by historical ditches, gullies and peat cuts. This has increased drainage, leading to heather dominance on former blanket bog. Whilst many ditches were blocked by a previous LIFE project, two further moorland interventions will be delivered as part of a new project to be delivered 2020-23:- Peatland restoration by ditch and gully damming, and peat hag reprofiling, informed by a Peatland Code baseline assessment.- Mechanical heather mowing (~500 ha) followed by targeted livestock grazing targeted using mineral licks as pull-factors.Our objective is to measure the magnitude of change in SAC condition and vegetation structure under different combinations of mowing, grazing and rewetting across three areas of blanket bog. We require a baseline survey of habitat condition and vegetation structure to inform the project plans and against which to measure the effectiveness of the planned interventions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116638 |
| Notice type | S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Dec 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Dec 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | RSPB |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RSK ADAS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

### Codes

- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

## Release History

- 9 Feb 2022 at 12:52 - Award - S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116638
- 9 Dec 2021 at 11:18 - Tender - S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=116638

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Notice/Download/DocumentDownload.aspx?id=DEC381823&idx=1
  9th December 2021 - Invitation to Quote

## Notice URLs

- https://www.adas.uk
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales

## Provenance

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